COMMON SENSE DEFENSE
GRAPHICS GRAPHIC - THE AUDIO WAVES OF THE VOICES SPEAKING.
OPERATOR
911, what is your emergency?
SURVIVOR: Please send someone. I was attacked, he tried to rape me. Please hurry!
OPERATOR
Is your attacker still there?
SURVIVOR
No, no he's gone. He ran away.
OPERATOR
Where are you calling from?
SURVIVOR
I'm calling from my cell phone. Please, just please send someone.
OPERATOR
Yes ma'am I'll send someone. What is you name and your location.
SURVIVOR
Oh, god, my name is Kristi Berg, and I'm on Front Street by the bookstore.
OPERATOR
Okay, Kristi, I'm dispatching officers to your location. Are you injured?
SURVIVOR
No, yes, I don't know. Just please send someone, hurry!
OPERATOR
Okay, stay calm and stay where you are. I'll stay on the line with you until an officer arrives. Are you still with me? Kristi?
SURVIVOR
Yeah. Yeah, I'm still here.
OPERATOR
Okay, you're doing great and I'm right here with you. Listen for sirens. Do you hear sirens yet?
SURVIVOR
(coughs) Yeah, I can hear them.
OPERATOR
Okay, hang on, those sirens are for you. I've sent two officers and an ambulance. Do you see them yet?
SURVIVOR
Yeah I can see them. They're here! Thank you so much. Thank you.
OPERATOR
Okay. Okay, you've been very brave today, and you're in good hands now.
SURVIVOR
Thank you, just thank you so much...(muffled sounds fade away)
EXT. CAMPUS COMMON GROUNDS ANGLE ON CHRISTIANA (ALT. STUDENT UNION)
CHRISTIANA
You may have heard that if someone really, really wants to break into
your home - that they will find a way? It's true. And sometimes, despite
all of the precautions that you've taken, you may be attacked or
sexually assaulted. But, know this:
ADD CG 'act quickly to defend against assault'
CHRISTIANA
Studies have shown that women who act quickly and assertively are more
likely to avoid being raped than women who choose to plead with their
attackers.
ADD CG '16% of sexual attacks involved weapons'
CHRISTIANA
And, in 16% of rapes, the offender used a weapon. This means that 84% of
the time, there is no weapon, and threats or coercion are used instead.
But you can do something to prevent becoming one of the statistics. You
can arm yourself with knowledge - and you can fight back.
BROLL - students walking on campus CHRISTIANA ON CAMERA - WALKING BEHIND AN OBJECT (PARK BENCH?)
CHRISTIANA
A common sense defense strategy is to keep something between you...
ADD CG 'use objects as barriers'
CHRISTIANA (CONT'D)
...and the potential attacker. If you are grabbed - hang on to a large
object for dear life. It's never easy to get a kicking and screaming
person through a doorway, but it is really hard if they're holding on to
a shopping cart, a bicycle or a park bench.
ADD CG 'Scream - kick - yell'
CHRISTIANA (CONT'D)
If mnemonics help you, try this one: S-K-Y, SKY for
scream...kick...yell. You'll also want to think ahead about how dirty
you would be willing to fight. This could mean bite a tongue, poke an
eye, throw up or unrinate. And feel free to lie!
CHRISTIANA (CONT'D)
Tell him you have herpes, or are HIV positive, or your brother's a cop.
Whatever you do - don't let your attacker take you to a second location.
ON CAMERA - ADD TITLE 'RODNIE WILLIAMS, Certified protection professional, FOUNDER 360 STAY SAFE
RODNIE WILLIAMS
...because most people that go to another crime location don't come back
alive. You want to do everything that you can to prevent yourself from
being taken to another location.
EXT. PARKING LOT STUDENT GETTING INTO CAR [REPLAY FROM PREVIOUS SCENE]
RODNIE WILLIAMS (V.O.) (CONT'D)
If you're ever forced into the trunk of your vehicle, it would be good to know whether or not your vehicle has a...
GRAPHIC of trunk fob over trunk
...trunk latch on the inside of it that would allow you to pop that from the inside.
EXT. PARKING LOT - car driving
RODNIE WILLIAMS (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Wait for the car to slowdown or actually physically make a stop at a stop sign or at a stoplight and pop that trunk latch...
RODNIE WILLIAMS (V.O.) (CONT'D)
...and get out of the vehicle...
ON CAMERA RODNIE WILLIAMS (CONT'D)
Run away yelling fire and breaking windows, doing whatever you need to do, to draw attention to yourself.
Graphic - trunk fob, trunk latch, crowbar and flashlight build
RODNIE WILLIAMS (V.O.)
If your vehicle's an older vehicle it may not have a trunk latch in it
and you may consider getting one installed in there, but at the minimum
you should hide a flash light and a crowbar or some sort of a small bat
in your vehicle, to have access to it, so when the individual does come
and open up the trunk that you would be able to use that to defend
yourself. to have access to it, so when the individual does come and
open up the trunk that you would be able to use that to defend yourself.
RODNIE WILLIAMS (CONT'D)
And finally, one of the other things that you can do, when you're
driving down the road, if you're able to would be to knock the
taillights out of your vehicles, to try to draw some attention to
yourself and your situation.
CHRISTIANA ON CAMERA
We've all seen the newspapers with terrible stories about campus
shooters. A campus shooter is unlikely, but it could happen anywhere.
Here's what you should do...
INT. CAMPUS SHOOTER SCENARIO – DAY Quick cuts between a shooter walking
in a hallway, students diving for cover in confusion, and campus public
safety responding. Shots are heard.
CHRISTIANA (V.O.)
If you hear shots fired on campus, you should exit the building or area
right away - but only if you know where the shooter is coming from and
that you can leave safely. Chaos in "The Dive" Students are panicking
and screaming at each other. Girl calls her mom.
CHRISTIANA (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Instead of calling a friend or a parent - your first call should be
campus public safety, the local police, or 9-1-1. If your college or
university has a mass notification system, make sure you are enrolled in
it. If you are trapped by the shooter, you will have to decide whether
to stay still and play dead, or attack the shooter, or run.
ON CAMERA RODNIE WILLIAMS
...and I tell people, when you're running away from somebody,
particularly if they have some sort of a weapon, try to run in a zigzag
line, don't run in a straight line, cause it would make it harder for
them to actually shoot at you and hit you.
INT. CAMPUS SECURITY OFFICE, OFFICER AT SECURITY DESKThe phone rings.
SECURITY OFFICER
Safety and security, Officer Rozeen speaking.
INT. HALLWAY – SHOOTER Shooter checks door knobs.
CHRISTIANA (V.O.)
If you can't lock the door - wedge it shut, or block it with something heavy.
INT. CAMPUS SECURITY OFFICE, OFFICER AT SECURITY DESK
SECURITY OFFICER
We have a report of gunshots fired, Jackson Campus Center...
INT. HALLWAY – SHOOTER Shooter checks door knobs.
CHRISTIANA (V.O.)
Stay away from windows, stay low, stay quiet, and DO NOT answer the
door. Officer at desk on phone. Student on Cell phone. Officer at desk
on phone. Campus public safety exiting in a hurry.
CHRISTIANA (V.O.) (CONT'D)
When campus public safety or the police arrive, follow their instructions to the letter.
ANGLE ON CHRISTIANA - EXTERIOR OR STUDENT UNION
CHRISTIANA (CONT'D)
Some people feel safer if they've been trained in martial arts. Remember
that most attackers do not carry a weapon, so thinking quickly and
getting away even faster would be a good strategy. An even better one is
to not put yourself in a compromising situation in the first place. We
want you to stay safe, and get everything out of college that you hoped
you would.